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Harry Nilsson

Harry Nilsson had a distinctive baritone voice and wrote songs that could be both straightforward and oddly specific. His 1969 track 'Everybody's Talkin''...

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Harry Nilsson had a distinctive baritone voice and wrote songs that could be both straightforward and oddly specific. His 1969 track 'Everybody's Talkin'' from the film 'Midnight Cowboy' became his best-known work, but songs like 'Coconut' and 'Without You' show the range of his writing, from novelty to earnest balladry.

He signed with RCA Records in 1963 and released his debut album 'Spotlight on Nilsson.' The 1968 album 'Aerial Ballet' included 'Everybody's Talkin',' which became a hit after its use in 'Midnight Cowboy.' Later albums like 'Nilsson Schmilsson' and 'Son of Schmilsson' followed in the early 1970s.

Nilsson's personal life was marked by struggles with alcohol and drug addiction. In 1977 he suffered a near-fatal heart attack that forced him to step back from music for a time. He recorded several more albums after recovering, including 'Knnillssonn' in 1977 and 'Flash Harry' in 1980, but never matched the commercial success of his late 1960s work.

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